SWK 106: g10, g11

• Commitment to clients


  Social workers' primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients. In general, clients' interests are primary.
• Self-determination


  Social workers respect and promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals
• Informed consent


  Social workers should prioritize informed consent and clear communication in all client interactions, ensuring comprehension and respecting clients' autonomy, preferences, and needs, particularly in the context of diverse client circumstances.
• Competence


  Social workers must offer services and demonstrate competence within the scope of their education, training, licenses, and relevant professional experiences, seeking appropriate study, consultation, and supervision when expanding into new substantive areas or employing unfamiliar intervention techniques, exercising careful judgment in emerging practice areas, and ensuring compliance with laws governing technology and social work practice across jurisdictions.
• Cultural competence


  Social workers must understand and respect diverse cultures, actively combat oppression, engage in self-reflection, recognize clients' expertise, commit to lifelong learning, address social diversity and oppression, and mitigate cultural and socioeconomic barriers in electronic social work services.
• Conflict of interest


  Social workers must avoid conflicts of interest and prioritize clients' interests. They must set clear boundaries, clarify professional obligations, avoid personal communication with clients, consider personal affiliations' impact, and refrain from engaging in personal relationships to maintain professional boundaries.
• Privacy and confidentiality


  Social workers must prioritize client privacy, disclose information only with consent, protect confidential information from unauthorized access, and maintain confidentiality even after termination, death, or when sharing information for teaching or consulting purposes
• Sexual relationship/harassment


  Social workers must never engage in sexual activities or inappropriate communications with current or former clients, their relatives, or individuals with whom clients maintain personal relationships, as such actions can harm clients and compromise professional boundaries, with social workers bearing the responsibility for setting clear boundaries and avoiding any potential harm or exploitation to clients.
• Physical contact


  Social workers should not engage in physical contact with clients when there is a possibility of psychological harm to the client as a result of the contact (such as cradling or caressing clients).
• Derogatory language


  Social workers should not use derogatory language in their written, verbal, or electronic communications to or about clients. Social workers should use accurate and respectful language in all communications to and about clients.
• Payment for service


  When setting fees, social workers should ensure that the fees are fair, reasonable, and commensurate with the services performed. Consideration should be given to clients' ability to pay.
• Clients who lack decision making capacity


  When social workers act on behalf of clients who lack the capacity to make informed decisions, social workers should take reasonable steps to safeguard the interests and rights of those clients.
• Interruptions of service


  Social workers should make reasonable efforts to ensure continuity of services in the event that services are interrupted by factors such as unavailability, disruptions in electronic communication, relocation, illness, mental, or physical ability or death.
• Termination of service


  Social workers must terminate services when no longer necessary, avoid abandonment by making appropriate arrangements for continuation of care, refrain from terminating for personal reasons, and inform clients promptly of any impending changes or options for continued care.
• Policy


  A deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.
• Policy practice


  Efforts to change policies in legislative, agency, and community settings, whether by establishing new policies, improving existing ones, or defeating the policy initiatives of other people.
• Direct services


  Involve face-to-face interaction with clients. Social workers build relationships, assess needs, and intervene to help clients reach their goals.
• Individual counseling


  A process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment. Individual counseling is a core service offered by social workers, particularly licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs).
• Stages of individual counseling service

  1. Intake and Engagement

  2. Assessment

  3. Intervention

  4. Termination
• Family counseling


  A key service offered by social workers in their practice. It involves working with multiple family members to address challenges impacting their relationships and overall family unit.
• Stages of family counseling service

  1. Engagement and Initial Assessment

  2. Goal Setting and Contracting

  3. Intervention

  4. Termination and Follow-up
• Licensed clinical social worker


  State-issued license, MSW, Diagnosis, Therapeutic Approach, Individual therapy for mental health concerns, Complex family dynamics, mental health issues, Private practice, mental health clinics
• Non-clinical social worker


  Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or working towards MSW (may vary), Social support, resource referral, life skills coaching, Support, communication skills, resource referral, Schools, hospitals, community organizations
• Case management


  A core skill used by social workers to assist individuals facing challenges in their lives. It's a structured approach to deliver social services and empower clients to reach their full potential. This involves assessing a client's situation, developing a plan to address their needs, and connecting them with ongoing support services.
• Stages of case management

  1. Intake and Engagement

  2. Assessment

  3. Planning

  4. Implementation

  5. Monitoring and Evaluation

  6. Termination
• Case management


  A structured approach to deliver social services and empower clients to reach their full potential
• Crisis intervention


  Designed to offer immediate support to people experiencing a crisis situation that has overwhelmed their usual coping mechanisms
• Stages for substance abuse treatment service


  • Intake and Assessment
  • Engagement
  • Detoxification
  • Treatment
  • Aftercare
  • Maintenance
• Disability services


  A specialized area within social work that focuses on helping individuals with disabilities live as independently and fulfilling lives as possible
• Indirect services


  Focus on creating systemic change or improving the social environment to benefit a broader range of people
• Administration


  Some social workers take on more administrative roles to advance the social work profession or support an issue or social movement at the structural level
• Grant writing


  The task of social workers to write the grant proposals to articulate what the grants will be used for, why they are needed, and how the program will benefit society as a whole
• Research


  Social workers may research the root causes of social issues and help develop programs and advocate for policy changes to better serve the community
• Program planning


  Designing and implementing social programs to meet the needs of specific populations
• Policy development


  Social workers engage in policy development to advocate for systemic changes that promote social justice and equality
• Community education


  Empowers individuals and communities to take action and advocate for themselves, ultimately contributing to a more equitable society
• Program


  A set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim
• Target clientele


  • CICL aged 15 years to below 18 years and not more than 18 years old, male, who have committed an offense and ordered by the court to undergo rehabilitation at the DSWD facility (RRCY)
  • No child shall be admitted in any rehabilitation facility without a valid order by the court after a hearing for this purpose (Sec. 45, RA 9344)
• From the study of “Maddock, A (2023). The Relationships between  Stress,  Burnout, Mental  Health  and  We l- Being in Social Workers.”
• RESILIENCY - As defined by, American Psychological

  Association (2022), It’s having the mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and ability to adjust to both internal and

  external demands.